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    'Well alight' Concord house fire contained

    Updated 12.19 pm

    A "well alight" house blaze in Dunedin has been contained by fire crews.

    Mother jailed after 13th driving while suspended conviction

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    Mother jailed after 13th driving while suspended conviction

    A mother now on her 13th conviction for driving while banned, including while she had children in the car, has been sent to prison after a judge’s patience ran out.

    Mix of celebrations, rage around world after Iran strikes

    Iranians gather in Hamburg, Germany, to celebrate the death of their country's former supreme...

    Mix of celebrations, rage around world after Iran strikes

    Demonstrations against the US-Israeli bombing campaign in Iran turned violent in Pakistan and Iraq overnight, while in other parts of the world Iranian exiles took to the streets to...

    Kiwis feeling less positive about the internet

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    Kiwis feeling less positive about the internet

    Fewer and fewer New Zealanders are feeling positive about the internet, despite many spending hours online per day.

    Labour remains ahead on cost of living in poll

    Labour is seen as most capable on three of the top five issues, and equal with National on a...

    Labour remains ahead on cost of living in poll

    Labour remains ahead on most of the key issues in the latest Ipsos Issues Monitor, but National has improved its ratings on the economy and the cost of living.

    More strikes as Trump set to talk with new Iran leadership

    A satellite view shows the destroyed base after U.S. and Israeli strikes, at Konarak, Iran. Photo...

    More strikes as Trump set to talk with new Iran leadership

    Israel launched a new wave of strikes on Tehran overnight and Iran responded with more missile barrages.

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    King flies in to support fundraisers

    Former Cadbury employees and mental health advocates (from left) Fiona Dobber and Megan Fairley...

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    King flies in to support fundraisers

    A group of former Cadbury employees are doing something "phenomenal" with their mission to fundraise for mental health at their old work’s carpark, an advocate says.

    Otago/Southland pipe band championships

    The Ashburton County Scottish Society Pipe Band marches into the competition zone at North Ground...

    Otago/Southland pipe band championships

    The pipes were calling Dunedin residents at the weekend as pipe bands from Christchurch south battled it out at the Otago/Southland Pipe Band Championships.

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    Approach to consultation on table

    Janet Fraser. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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    Approach to consultation on table

    A pared-back approach to Dunedin’s annual plan consultation clears the way for early and significant engagement on the next decade of spending, the council says.

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    Agents ‘exercising caution’

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    Agents ‘exercising caution’

    Travel operators are working with caution following strikes across the Middle East, a Dunedin agent says.

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    Power vacuum feared

    Demonstrators holding posters of late Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shout slogans...

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    Power vacuum feared

    A power vacuum in Iran could be chaotic on the ground, an Otago expert on the Middle East says.

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    Ayatollah’s death brings ‘tears of joy’ to Dunedin Iranians

    About 20 of Dunedin’s Iranian community and supporters gather in the Octagon yesterday, following...

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    Ayatollah’s death brings ‘tears of joy’ to Dunedin Iranians

    Some in Dunedin’s Iranian community have "cried tears of joy" at the military intervention in Iran.

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    ‘Absolutely disgusting’ graffiti removed

    West Harbour resident Jarrod Hodson, who is also the local community board chairman, paints out...

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    ‘Absolutely disgusting’ graffiti removed

    A West Harbour resident who was quick to remove "hurtful" graffiti says such messages have no place in his community and he has a big bucket of paint to back that up.

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    Market a help in search for volunteers

    Dunedin Riding for Disabled Association treasurer Tina Marshall holds a fundraising bucket during...

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    Market a help in search for volunteers

    The fact that "horses don’t judge" is key for a Dunedin therapy programme helping the city’s youth succeed.

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    Stadium debt set to surge: funds urged

    Forsyth Barr Stadium. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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    Stadium debt set to surge: funds urged

    Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium is in a financially unsustainable position unless the city council puts in more funding, councillors have been told.

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    Dahlia judges put through their paces

    Dunedin Dahlia Circle member Mark Penty holds one of the winning entries, a "Louis White" dahlia...

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    Dahlia judges put through their paces

    Judging a dahlia show requires a sharp eye for detail, including the ability to spot even the most minuscule of faults in a flower.

    Brotherly battle among triathlon highlights

    Oscar Jeffries, of Maniototo, crosses the finish line in yesterday’s WeetBix Kiwi Kids TRYathlon...

    Brotherly battle among triathlon highlights

    Maniototo 9-year-old Oscar Jeffries was motivated when he stood on the start line of the WeetBix Kiwi Kids TRYathlon — motivated to beat his twin brother, that is.

    Nurse convicted after scamming $112k off colleagues

    Former Waikato District Health Board nurse Angelina Reyes defrauded more than $100,000 off her...

    Nurse convicted after scamming $112k off colleagues

    A nurse who scammed more than $100,000 from her colleagues for gambling has paid all the money back.

    'Surreal and unreal': Kiwi couple trapped in Dubai

    Restaurateurs Sid and Chand Sahrawat are in Dubai on business. File photo: Babiche Martens

    'Surreal and unreal': Kiwi couple trapped in Dubai

    A prominent Auckland couple is trapped in Dubai after airspace closures and reported strikes across the city.

    One person dies after serious crash near Clarks Junction

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    One person dies after serious crash near Clarks Junction

    One person has died after a serious crash near Clarks Junction left three people injured on Wednesday, February 18.
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      Tūhura wins ‘Museum of the Year’ award

    • Belmont Lane resident Lynette Johnston, pictured with her Pomeranian Tina, was told to leave her...

      Home off limits after landslip

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